SINGAPORE, July 23 (Reuters) - Asia-Pacific condensate cargoes loading in September have mostly been sold, underpinned by firm demand in Asia, traders said on Monday.
CONDENSATE: Pertamina has bought at least one cargo of Alba condensate from Glencore (LON:GLEN) via its tender, traders said. The Indonesian refiner may have also purchased a North West Shelf (NWS) condensate cargo from Glencore, they said.
PTT may have bought Woodside's NWS condensate loading in end-August to early September while Fuhaichuang, former Dragon Aromatics, may have purchased Woodside's Pluto condensate loading in mid-September, traders said.
It has also emerged that BP (LON:BP) bought BHP's NWS condensate loading in late September earlier this month while it may have sold its Sept. 7-11 cargo to South Korea. This means South Korean end-users have taken at least half of the NWS condensate supplies in September as they seek replacements for South Pars condensate from Iran.
AUSTRALIA: Quadrant Energy has sold 400,000 barrels of Van Gogh crude loading on Sept. 24-28 at a small premium to dated Brent to an unknown buyer, traders said.
MALAYSIA: Petronas has sold 300,000 barrels of Labuan to Shell (LON:RDSa) although the price was not immediately known.
THAILAND: PTT has bought 400,000 barrels of Gippsland from Gunvor and 500,000-600,000 barrels of Wafa condensate from Vitol for Sept. 15-Oct. 10 delivery, traders said. It has also bought a cargo of Nigerian Light crude, they said, although the grade was not known.
RUSSIA: More September-loading Sokol crude will trade this week through sales tenders issued by ONGC and ExxonMobil. The grade's spot differential has touched close to one-year lows this month.
BRENT-DUBAI EFS
*Brent's premium to Dubai swaps DUB-EFS-1M was at $2.30 per barrel, up 2 cents for September.
TENDERS: PV Oil offered September-loading Rang Dong while Petronas will sell a Bunga Kekwa cargo. COUNTRY/COMPANY
GRADE
VOL
CLOSE (VALID)
LOADING DATE **VIETNAM/PV OIL
s:Rang Dong
2*200KB
July 24 (July 27) Sept 8-14,
24-30 **VIETNAM/PETRONAS s:Bunga Kekwa 300KB
July 25 (July 26) Sept 16-22 **RUSSIA/ONGC
s:Sokol
700KB
July 25 (July 26) Sept 19-25 VIETNAM/PV OIL
s:Thang Long 250KB
July 18 (July 26) Sept 4-8 VIETNAM/PV OIL
s:Ruby
350KB
July 18 (July 26) Sept 3-10 TAIWAN/CPC
b:sweet
July 25 (July 26) Sept **RUSSIA/EXXON
s:Sokol
1-2*700KB July 25
Aug 30-Sept
5, Sept 7-12
or 17-23 or
25-30 THAILAND/PTT
b:sweet
300-1000KB July 19 (July 20) Sept 15-Oct
10 arr INDONESIA/PERTAMIN b:sweet
3*950KB
July 18 (July 20) Sept 1-3 CFR A
Cilacap,
Sept 8-9 &
16-17 CFR
Balikpapan INDONESIA/PERTAMIN b:condensate 650KB
July 18 (July 20) Sept 1-3 A
200-300KB
Sept 8-10
650KB
Sept 13-15
REFINERY
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Brent
BRENTSGMc1
Dubai
DUBSGSWMc2
Brent/Dubai EFS
DUB-EFS-1M
PRODUCT CRACKS
Fuel oil crack
FO180SGCKMc1
Gasoil crack
GOSGCKMc1
Naphtha crack
NAFOBSGCKMc1
Complex refining margins REF/MARGIN1